2021 Press Release on Reopening The Triumphant Reopening of Horsefeathers in Downtown Waukegan! Waukegan, Illinois – April 18, 2021 – On Tuesday, April 20th, Horsefeathers is finally reopening after being closed for more than a year. The novel coronavirus pandemic has kept us closed for 13 months, and it required a lot of time, effort, and money to reinvent the retail shopping experience. We are finally ready to welcome everyone back to Horsefeathers. The health and safety of our customers and employees is the cornerstone of this new business. We’ve reinvented Horsefeathers; mandatory mask policy, extensive sanitation processes; everything is behind over 60,000 square inches of acrylic; two commercial recirculating…
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20210331 Sizing Body Jewelry
March 31, 2021 How to Size Body Jewelry. When you read our new store policies, you will learn we are no longer sizing body jewelry. We recognize many do not know their body jewelry sizes, so we are going to start providing you the tools you need to know your sizes. This will make your shopping experience at Horsefeathers so much easier! 2021 Sizing Guide Body Jewelry First step is to print out the below sizing guide. Printing guides out so they can be used to size things can be tricky, so once you’ve printed the guide, drop a quarter over the lower right side picture of a quarter.…
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20210330 Proper Masks Worn Properly
March 30, 2021 Proper Masks Worn Properly Are Mandatory at Horsefeathers This should not be such a divisive topic, but here goes. You must wear a proper mask to enter Horsefeathers. You must wear your mask properly. You must keep the mask on at all times while inside Horsefeathers. If you have a disability such that you cannot wear a mask, reasonable accommodation is outlined here: http://shophorsefeathers.com/ada-statement-mask-wearing/ If you choose to not wear a proper mask, you will not be allowed in the shop.
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20210328 New Store Hours
New store hours will be: Monday: Closed Tuesday: 11 am to 6 pm Wednesday: 11 am to 6 pm Thursday: 11 am to 6 pm Friday: 11 am to 6 pm Saturday: 11 am to 6 pm Sunday: Closed Holidays: Closed
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20210326 ADA Statement & Mask Wearing
March 26, 2020 Mask Wearing and ADA Statement DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED: Title III, Subpart B, Section 36.201 of the Americans with Disability Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the activities of places of public accommodations (“No individual shall be discriminated against on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of any place of public accommodation by any person who owns, leases (or leases to), or operates a place of public accommodation.”) REASONABLE ACCOMODATION: Title III, Subpart B, Section 36.208 indicates that the ADA allows criteria or restrictions that exclude an individual with a disability if a)…
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December update
December 1, 2020 … Just realized it has been a few weeks since our last update. We’re making progress, but we’re not done. Two of the three front store windows are new; doors we’re postponing for a while so we can focus on the inside. 75% of the display cases have been moved, inventory labeled, acrylic panels installed … it will be a completely touchless shopping experience when we reopen, so please be patient with us as we all get used to doing things a different way. This should not be a surprise, but we’re taking your health, and ours, very seriously. We’ll post more on this when we have…
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20201029 Construction Update
Construction! October 29, 2020 If you’re in Waukegan, you’re going to notice a lot of construction activity over the next few weeks as we prepare to reopen. Today we’re having those two gigantic safes removed. This will free up a large amount of floor space for us. We had to remove the dressing rooms to remove the safes, but do not worry … we saved the paintings that were done by Jennifer (way back in the 90’s!) and will find a good place to display those once the remodel is done. Starting on Friday, the storefront windows are being removed, temporarily boarded up, and replaced – all new framing and…
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10/19/2020 Update … kind of … on the shop!
Update 10/19/2020 We’ve received a number of messages asking for an update. Nothing has changed, but here’s some information. We will reopen. We do not have a date yet. (“SOON!”) We will send notification well in advance to our email list, so please join it. We will also post it on our website blog. The most recent blog entry (in this case, this one!) is the most recent. Yeah, that sounds stupid as I write it, but someone said to me “the blog is not up-to-date”. It is, we just have no new news! We are still working on redesigning the interior of the store to ensure a safe…
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08/14/2020 Because you asked, an update …
08/14/2020 We’ve received a number of messages asking for an update. Nothing has changed, but here’s some information. We will reopen. We do not have a date yet. We will send notification well in advance to our email list, so please join it. We will also post it on our website blog. The most recent blog entry (in this case, this one!) is the most recent. Yeah, that sounds stupid as I write it, but someone said to me “the blog is not up-to-date”. It is, we just have no new news! We are still working on redesigning the interior of the store to ensure a safe shopping experience for…
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No More Email and Phone orders
06/27/2020 Effective immediately, we are no longer taking phone or email orders. We tried, but we’ve learned that when it comes to body jewelry, many customers do not know their sizes, and it is taking a lot longer than we thought to take orders. We cannot provide good customer service with our current process. By stopping orders we’ll be able to focus all our time on getting the inside of the store redesigned and rebuilt so we can reopen. AND WE WILL REOPEN but we don’t have a date yet. Thanks for your patience, and keep an eye on Facebook and join our email list to get updates on when…